resemble
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman, Middle French resembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
resemble (third-person singular simple present resembles, present participle resembling, simple past and past participle resembled)
- (transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
- The twins resemble each other.
- (transitive, now rare, archaic) To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- (obsolete, transitive) To counterfeit; to imitate.
- Holland
- They can so well resemble man's speech.
- Holland
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of H. Bushnell to this entry?)
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to be like or similar to something else
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compare — see compare
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
resemble (infinitive resemblar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of resemblar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of resemblar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of resemblar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of resemblar.
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- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English verbs
- English terms with rare senses
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- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
